Hello and welcome back to the article that takes a look at the voices of all the characters you know and love! It's time for "Hey, It's That Voice!" Today, we will be looking at two gems that seem to play the legal game. Let us take a look at the Zircons!
Even Homeworld seems to have a love of due process and dealing with things properly in the courtroom, so that gives us the Zircons (perhaps they are fans of Phoenix Wright?). We have already met two Zircons; Blue Zircon, who as was defending Steven, and Yellow Zircon, who was on the prosecuting side. As we could tell from the start, the two Zircons seemed to have quite a history with each other that I'm sure we won't mind seeing. Needless to say, these Zircons are bright and very good at what they do. After all, Steven was more than willing to say that he was guilty and Blue Zircon was able to bring a lot of reasonable doubt for Steven's (obvious) innocence. Now then, who voices these two lawyer gems? Why, that would be Amy Sedaris!
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| We've all been there, Blue Zircon, we've all been there. |
Amy Sedaris was born Endicott, New York on March 29, 1961 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her older brother is David Sedaris, a fellow comedian, humorist, author, and radio contributor. In her younger days, Sedaris would show her humor (and vindictiveness) many times. At her first job working at a Winn-Dixie market where she would use the microphone to make fake announcements, prompting the head cashier to confiscate the microphone. After work, Sedaris would egg the cashier's car in protest.
Sedaris would move to Chicago in the 1990s where should joined the comedy troupes of The Second City and Annoyance Theatre. While working with those comedy troupes, she became fast friends with other comedians such as longtime collaborators Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello (the later of which she would have an eight year relationship with, but still remain close friends). With Colbert, Dinello, and other alumni from The Second City, Sedaris would create the Comedy Central sketch comedy show Exit 57 in 1995.
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| Jerri Blank (Sedaris) in the film Strangers With Candy. |
Four years later, Sedaris would again join her friends to create another show for Comedy Central, called Strangers with Candy. In the show, Sedaris plays Jerri Blank, a teenage runaway who returns home after 30 years to finish high school. The show, noted for it's satire as well as it's dark and surreal comedy, is considered one of the cult favorite television shows. In 2006, Sedaris starred as Jerri Blank again in the prequel film to the series, Strangers With Candy.
Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Sedaris has appeared in numbers shows, often playing bit parts. Some of these shows include Just Shoot Me!, Sex and the City, Monk, Ed, The Wrong Coast, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Wonder Showzen, The Colbert Report, Sesame Street, My Name Is Earl, Andy Barker, P.I., Rescue Me, Yo Gabba Gabba!, American Dad!, The Closer, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Middle, Royal Pains, The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour, SpongeBob Squarepants, Raising Hope, Bob's Burgers, Hot in Cleveland, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, The Heart, She Holler, Alpha House, Broad City, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kevin From Work, Difficult People, Horace and Pete, Adventure Time, RuPaul's Drag Race, and the Match Game.
As for the world of films, Sedaris has starred in numerous different films with different genres. Such films include Commandments, Six Days, Seven Nights, Jump Tomorrow, Maid in Manhattan, School of Rock, Elf, My Baby's Daddy, Bewitched, Romance & Cigarettes, Stay, Chicken Little, Full Grown Men, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, Snow Angels, Dedication, Shrek the Third, Gym Teacher: The Movie, Space Buddies, Dance Flick, Jennifer's Body, Tanner Hall, Old Dogs, Beware the Gonzo, The Best and the Brightest, Puss in Boots, Ping Pong Summer, Chef, Hits, Ghost Team, and Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie.
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| Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie), Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins), Bojack Horseman (Will Arnett), Princes Carolyn (Sedaris), and Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul) from Bojack Horseman. |
Some notable roles that Sedaris has includes voicing Princess Carolyn on the award-winning Netflix original series Bojack Horseman. On the show, Princess Carolyn is the agent as well as the on-and-off girlfriend of the title-character who struggles to manager her hectic work, her troubled personal life, and caring for her friends. The series, which had it's fourth season premiere on September 8, 2017 on Netflix, has been nominated for 13 different awards, has won six of them, and has earned almost near universal acclaim.
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| Star Butterfly (Eden Sher) and Mina Loveberry (Sedaris) in Star Vs. The Forces of Evil. |
Another notable cartoon that Sedaris has lent her voice to is Star Vs. The Forces of Evil. In the cartoon, she voices Mina Loveberry, Star's idol from her home world of Mewni who is now living as a homeless person on Earth. She also also lent her voice to other characters in the cartoon.
Finally, Amy Sedaris has also written three different books. In 2004, she worked with Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello to write the satirical novel Wigfield: The Can Do Town That Just May Not. She has also written two other books; I Like You: Hospitality Under The Influence in 2006 and Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People in 2010 with Dinello.
And that will do it for this edition of "Hey, It's That Voice!" Join me next time while we start looking at the voices of the Off Color gems!
